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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454106903321

Autore

White Luise

Titolo

The comforts of home [[electronic resource] ] : prostitution in colonial Nairobi / / Luise White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c1990

ISBN

1-282-07026-6

9786612070266

0-226-89500-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Disciplina

306.74/2/0967625

Soggetti

Prostitution - Kenya - Nairobi - History

Women - Kenya - Social conditions

Working class women - Kenya - Social conditions

Electronic books.

Kenya Colonial influence

Kenya Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-278) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Currencies -- 1. Introduction: Prostitution in Comparative Perspective; or, Casual Sex and Casual Labor -- 2. Livestock, Labor, and Reproduction: Prostitution in Nairobi and the East African Protectorate, ca. 1900-1918 -- 3. Prostitution and Housing in Nairobi, 1919-29 -- 4. Malaya Prostitution, 1930-39 -- 5. Prostitution, Production, and Accumulation: The Origins and Development of the Wazi-Wazi Form in Pumwani, 1936-45 -- 6. Constructing Classes: Gender, Housing, and the State in Kenya -- 7. Prostitution in Nairobi during World War II, 1939-45 -- 8. Prostitution, Crime, and Politics in Nairobi, 1946-63 -- 9. Women, Wage Labor, and the Limits of Colonial Control -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

"This history is . . . the first fully-fleshed story of African Nairobi in all of its complexity which foregrounds African experiences. Given the overwhelming white dominance in the written sources, it is a remarkable achievement."-Claire Robertson, International Journal of



African Historical Studies "White's book . . . takes a unique approach to a largely unexplored aspect of African History. It enhances our understanding of African social history, political economy, and gender studies. It is a book that deserves to be widely read."-Elizabeth Schmidt, American Historical Review